The Osceola times., 1887-05-07
PROGRESS At wALrs.s

ton they have long occupisS isSua n
manufacturers of pocket tim.I sa''
During an interview the other d,r r's
a representative of Robbins ar
ton, he said: 1--WE have a nr ahs
novelties that ought to be wo.@
your attention, and in fact Of tbs I.
in general. During the year Is.s ~ s
have had Il steadily-increasing d"N
for our better class of goods me-
owing to the very great improvs~ s
which have therein been accomnli'l'
For instance. all the watches itisd :.
our patent Breguet hair-sprinr \,
met with special favor, because q.
great amount Of extra quality vl
this hair-spring imparts TO the oaS
The company seem 10 have ne,,'
the policy of not increasing the o.'
tity of their lowest-priced good, :
rather of putting the better y
medium grades at figures VII
bring them within the reach
very limited purse, and :.
able dealers with very limited c,S,,
to lay in an assorted stock Of v0J
quality goods Of great popular,
The Is artlett watch may be iakepn
example. Here is movement eouiD,.,
with all that can possibly beput ine
watch to make it a thorough tim
keeper, and its price is fabulously a
An English matchmaker recently 10,
one of these Bartlett movements 0, N
new model. examined it carefully, a
quietly put it together with the remsS
This movement is worth 60 Ya
is sold for neatly as many dollars %
1--WE have turned out some very 4,
work in the way of beautfying the N
pearance of the watch, both in nc,a
frosting and raging, which never b,
| been done before. These process,
permit an almost endless variety Of n
signs and patterns which adapt then
selves beautifully to the shape Of h
wat template.
The chief novelty with which d
company start out this year is their oas
size watch-the smallest and thinnes
as well rs the finest, ladies watch ev
made in this country. The diameu
ofits dial is just the size of half-doIzI
piece. The train is made of gold; n
iewel-settings likewise; and the jevs
themselves are faultless rubies d d,
darkest color. The watch is thorous|
ly adjusted, and capable of the yu
finest time keeping. Its price is va
moderate-indocd, considering the 4
ira fine quality and superior finish, i |
wonderfully low.
another novelty is the 'Walhii
Minute Register Chronograph. tn
watch is so constructed as to show
means of n diminutive dial-bt q
special hand the minutes during wha
the long-iifih-second hand reyolya'
Here my informant exhibited the op'
alton of the chronograph. The ID
fifih-sccond hand and the small spai
hand are normally stationary at II
zero. BY pressing the stem, both hali
are started. the small hand records
successive minutes up to fifteen
any moment both hands may
stopped. and another motion send
them back to zero. This device
especially useful to sportsmcn, scisA
fists, physicians, engineers, machinist
etc. The same attachment is appis
to the Waltham split seconds chrOn
graph, making it the most dursR
watch of the kind. inasmuch as tb
mechanism is very simple and alme
indestructibe The Waltham chroB
graph is made in the first place to :
an accurate time-kacper, built on ID
model OF the company's finest l4-sf
watch. On top Of this movement al
without complicating it, the chroae
graph attachment is fastened, tha
clearly exposing to view the entU
chronograph apparatus. The plains
country matchmaker can take the q
tachment apart and set il togeih'
again without trouble. A Swiss waici
maker recently remarked that nobod
would have dreamed ten years asothi
the Americans would ever be able
make any so-callcd complicated tim
keepers, and that they really do u
make them; but they obtained waleht
that had the most exact and mimi
mc-kecping on much simpler col
struction. As a consequence, the Ama
lean watch is more reliable, less eosI
10 produce, and certainly without q
pense to keep in thorough going ordsi
The company have added seven
grades Of six size watches TO their Us
which they will be able To put on %
market in the neighborhood of Mar
/. This will make eight different qaaAl
tiles Of six-size movements, WIG
with the various cases-huntlng al
open-facc, gold, silver and alumlnlne-
with an almost endless variety
ladies' watches. affords range ofehsle
from the cheapest limit at which a eU
watch may be expected to the diamonl
studded watch for the millionaire swp
During the year 1886 we have anu'
two new grades Of sixtecn-size walcnc
which really make that part OF lne
sorlmcnt surprising one. olN.s'
size watches Of the Waltham paua
have always been considered avg
dear watch to make; but 1t seems w. ~
the increase in the product has enapl,
the company to amplify the lne p' =.
addition of the Riverside grades T. =
most satisfactory line of our goo,s ,s,
that of the patent dust-pron 'u', ,
opcn-facc eases. which are the u" y
popular of the kind. For strength, a,sI, N
plicity of construction and dura"U, our ~,
these eases stand unexcelcd, and c"
unapproached. :, ~
Our daily product now : 80, ~.
wat ches,, and in case the a'%Si ""a
should warrant il the outpue .,,s .UJ
easily be increased at compars'''
short notice. ST. Louis Jewesef'